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MED

The sole purpose of a rifle is to please its owner

Hi Mike

I have Valmet 412 which is .375 and uses Moshin-Nagant (7.62x53R) cartridge. Accuracy is fine, both barrels shoot regularly 1,5 inch groups. 9.3 x 74 R is better as cartridge because ejectors are similar as in shotguns. 30-06 has more power, but ejectors have small "clips" which grabs in cartridge groove. These clips broke easily and are hard to find spares. Both calibers shoots well. I have not yet have tried out these barrels which are made in Italy.

Double50

[This message has been edited by Double50 (edited 02-13-2002).]

You can also by shotgun barrels or shotgug/rifle combo barrels.

The function is wery good, but you have to decide for your self if the weight and lack of finnish (compared with German doubles) is acceptable. Off cause the price is mutch lower than for a Merkel or krieghof.

I definetly recomend the 9,3x74R, as there is nothing that lesser calibers can do witch the 9,3 cant do better. :-)
(In this rifle I might add)

Softlead

The 9.3x74R has much lower pressure than the 06, extraction with the 9.3 is also better for a double.

You can use 230gr bullets to get a flatter trajectory, but this is not a bean-field rifle anyway, so out to 200 yards it will be fine with the 286gr standard bullets.

Be carefull when you get a shot-gun change-barrel-set for it, have a good smith fit it - otherwise your foreend might get loose, this happend in the used 9.3 I bought.

Franz

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Franz A. Holzer

Franz@Holzer.com